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Loxosceles alicea
(Mediterranean Recluse)

Picture ID 8156

Picture of Loxosceles alicea (Mediterranean Recluse) - Dorsal

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Found inside a shoe!
In a wooden summer house.

A northern region (the galilee) of Israel.
Basically a green woodland mountains...

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ItsyBitsy

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like a Mediterranean Recluse, Loxosceles rufescens. (Species ID based on location.) I ‘m glad it seems you found it before someones unsuspecting foot did!

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